Australia - Queensland. 1900 (Apr 18) Stampless cover to Dalby, Queensland with F.P.O 7 c.d.s, headed "On active service, stamps not procurable (Q.I.B)", a 1d charge shown in pencil but apparently delivered free of charge, with T.P.O Queensland and Dalby backstamps, a fine Queensland Contingent cover. Also a cover from Brisbane to Pretoria franked Queensland 21⁄2d, with triangular Pretoria Press Censor cachet. (2).
Suggested price: £...
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Lot #307 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Lot #308 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Australia - Tasmania. 1902 (Apr 1) First Day Cover of the Transvaal KEVII 1⁄2d - 21⁄2d and 6d (the 3d and 4d being issued at a later date), the five stamps tied to registered mourning cover addressed to Tasmania by "ROODEPOORT" datestamps with violet oval "KRUGERSDORP / P.B.C / A.E MAINWARING", backstamped at Krugersdorp, Johannesburg and Tasmania. The cover with horizontal and vertical folds (clear of the stamps) and tear at left edge,...
Lot #309 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Australia - Victoria. 1901 Transvaal 4d G size registration envelope to Sale, Victoria franked by Cape 1d (2) cancelled oval Registered Letter Office Cape Town datestamp and a G.B 5d tied by "FIELD P.O / 9 / BRITISH ARMY S. AFRICA" c.d.s, endorsed "On active service, South Africa". Redirected to Canterbury, backstamped "MONEY ORDER / SALE" (Apr 15) and at Melbourne and Canterbury. A very unusual Cape / G.B / Transvaal combination franking...
Lot #310 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Barbados. 1901 (Apr 19) Stampless cover to Barbados endorsed "Active Service, Stamps Unobtainable, ELC. Lt 1KR" with F.P.O 15, London Paid and Barbados datestamps, fine and unusual. Also a Cape 1⁄2d postcard uprated 1⁄2d to Barbados with a red oval Press Censor cachet and arrival datestamps. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #311 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
British East Africa. 1902 (Mar 6) Cover from Mombasa to Cape Colony franked B.E.A 1a with circular "PASSED CENSOR / W. ELTON / MAJOR / KIMBERLEY", backstamped at Zanzibar, Kimberley and Kenilworth.
Suggested price: £ 150-200
Lot #312 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
British Guiana. 1901 Cover to Demerara with Transvaal 1d tied by an F.P.O c.d.s, arrival backstamp; and 1902 registered cover from Georgetown to Pretoria bearing two British Guiana 5c stamps, London and Pretoria backstamps and a Press Censor cachet. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #313 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Canada - Prince Edward Island. 1900 (Aug 18) Stampless cover with Field P.O c.d.s endorsed "On active service, no stamps available", to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Very fine and an unusual destination, almost certainly from a Canadian soldier.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #314 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
China. 1902 Newspaper wrapper from Nottingham to a soldier in South Africa franked G.B 11⁄2d, redirected several times within South Africa and then sent to Tientsin with datestamps of Germiston, Shanghai, Peking (oval bilingual datestamp) and "F.P.O No. 1" applied at Peking (three strikes), a few understandable corner and edge folds or tears but a remarkable item.
Suggested price: £ 240-300
Lot #315 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Dominica. 1901 Registered cover from Pretoria to Dominica franked 1d (6) and 2d with triangular "PASSED / PRESS / CENSOR / PRETORIA", backstamped in London and Dominica. A scarce destination.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #316 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
France. 1900 Cover to France bearing Transvaal V.R.I 1d pair (one torn) and 1⁄2d paying the single 21⁄2d rate, tied by Field Post Office 19 datestamps, found to be a double weight letter in transit in London, a G.B QV 21⁄2d therefore added and cancelled. Very unusual.
Suggested price: £ 220-250
Lot #317 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Germany. 1901 Cover from Paarl to London bearing two Cape 1d stamps, red Paarl censor label and "PASSED BY / CENSOR" cachet, then redirected to Berlin with a G.B 3d applied and cancelled in London. Unusual, the 3d paying the difference between the empire and foreign double letter rate.
Suggested price: £ 150-180
Lot #318 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Germany - Wurttemburg. 1900 Registered cover bearing Wurttemburg 40pf tied by Gerstetten c.d.s, to Emil Tamsen in Nylstroom, redirected to Pretoria, finally returned not known. With various datestamps of Pretoria, Army Post Office Pretoria, Johannesburg, Returned Letter Office Johannesburg and Cape Town, three differing censor cachets and a pink censor seal. Unusual.
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #319 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
German Colonies. 1901 Small cover from Windhoek to Cape Town bearing GSWA 20pf, with violet triangular "PASSED / PRESS / CENSOR"; and a picture postcard franked 1d from Johannesburg to Tanga, German East Africa with an oval Johannesburg Press Censor and datestamps of Durban, Zanzibar, Muhesa and Tanga. (2).
Suggested price: £ 200-240
Lot #320 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Japan. 1900 Cover to Kobe with Transvaal 1⁄2d and 1d (2) each tied by an Army P.O c.d.s, arrival datestamp; and a cover from Hiogo to Krugersdorp franked 10s with a French seapost datestamp largely covered by a pink censor seal, backstamped at Yokohama, Kobe, Colombo, Durban and Johannesburg. (2).
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #321 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Madagascar. 1900 Cover from Tamarive to Durban bearing Diego-Suarez 20c and Nossi-Be 5c (corner fault), with a pink censor seal, backstamped La Reunion a Marseille, Lourenco Marques and Durban datestamps.
Suggested price: £ 160-200
Lot #322 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Malaya - Singapore. 1902 Newspaper wrapper from Pretoria to Balakpapar, c/o Syme & Co, Singapore, franked Transvaal 4d with oval "GEOLOGICAL SURVEY / OF THE TRANSVAAL" dated cachet and a Pretoria Press Censor, backstamped at Tuticorin.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #323 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Spain - Canary Islands. 1902 Cover and picture postcard both from Las Palmas franked Spain 10c, the postcard to Emil Tamsen in Pretoria with an arrival c.d.s and Pretoria Press Censor; the cover to a British soldier and redirected to India, various redirections within India before being sent to the Madras Dead Letter Office. The cover has "T / ESPAGNE" and "3d" charge marks and four Indian postage due marks, as well as 16 South African or...
Lot #324 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Zanzibar/Mauritius. 1902 Zanzibar 1a postal stationery postcard to Johannesburg with Lourenco Marques and Pretoria datestamps, Pretoria and Johannesburg Press Censor cachets; and a 1902 cover from Pretoria to Port Louis bearing Transvaal KEVII 1d with a Pretoria Press Censor and Mauritius arrival backstamp. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #325 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
South America. 1901-02 Uruguay 5c envelope sent to Pretoria via London, Brazil 100r postcard (torn) to the German Consul in Pretoria, and a picture postcard from Transvaal to Venezuela all with triangular "PASSED / PRESS / CENSOR / PRETORIA". An unusual trio. (3).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #326 - boer war - a collection of censored and forces mail to or from unusual destinations
Europe. 1901-02 Covers franked Transvaal 21⁄2d or 1d strip of three sent to Madeira (2) or Denmark with Press Censor cachets. Also an uncensored 1902 cover franked ORC 1d to Malta, redirected to England and then to Ireland. (4).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
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